Chuck Berry, Tony Iommi, Slash, Jimi Page Among The Most Influential Gibson Guitar Players
. Tony Iommi - Rob Halford, like many others, hails Tony Iommi as the man who invented the heavy metal riff. With Black Sabbath and beyond, Iommi has employed his SG in crafting slow, menacing leads and foreboding blues-based solos that sound like the aural equivalent of the Frankenstein monster. "Iron Man," "War Pigs," and "Children of the Grave" are among the classics that virtually every metal guitarist counts as gold standards. Jimmy Page - If the '70s was the decade of the great guitar riff, then Jimmy Page was its master craftsman. Steeped in the work of the great American blues players, and with years of session experience to draw from, Page packed Led Zeppelin's albums with some of the heaviest, hardest and most melodic riffs ever committed to tape. No doubt countless young players picked up a Les Paul � or perhaps even an SG double-neck � as a result of hearing and seeing Page. - Check out the full list here which may disappoint KISS fans
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